Cambridge ‘forced retirement’ rules challenged

Oxford, England - June 19, 2013 Official proctors and Academics process along Catte street to All Souls College of Oxford University at graduation day

Oxford feels heat over ‘ageist’ retirement rule despite reforms

Changes will exempt many more researchers from forced retirement at 68 but critics say policy is still unfair

By Jack Grove

14 October

A view of the Radcliffe Camera through a gate at the University of Oxford in England

Physicist wins employment tribunal over Oxford retirement rule

Judgment likely to reignite the battle over the fixed departure ages at the university and elsewhere

By Simon Baker

30 December

Retirement planning: do compulsory retirement ages benefit the academy?

Many older academics have a great deal to offer, in terms of both research and teaching the next generation. But should they step aside for the sake of their younger colleagues’ careers? Jack Grove reports

By Jack Grove

13 December

Group of elderly people on walking holiday negotiating a ladder access over a wall between fields, English Lake District

Rapid rise in professors aged over 65 sparks opportunities debate

Nearly half of all professors in the UK are now aged 55 or over

By Simon Baker

3 February

‘Forced retirement’ rules face new challenge at Cambridge

Policy requiring dons to depart at 67 ‘has not opened up opportunities for younger people’, say professors

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‘Forced retirement’ rules face new challenge at Cambridge

Policy requiring dons to depart at 67 ‘has not opened up opportunities for younger people’, say professors

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Physicist wins employment tribunal over Oxford retirement rule

Retirement planning: do compulsory retirement ages benefit the academy?

Rapid rise in professors aged over 65 sparks opportunities debate

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